Apparatus for drawing liquids



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J. WAGNER. APPARATUS FOR DRAWING LIQUIDS.

N0.'580,437. Patented Apr. 13, 1897.

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JOHN WAGNER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING LIQUIDS.

SPECIFTGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,437, dated April13, 1897.

Application filed November 16, 1896. $erial No. 612,174. (No model) To60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,JOHN WVAGNERpf Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, haveinvented an Improved Apparatus for Drawing Liquids, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus adapted to be used moreparticularly for transferring the contents of beer-casks to the barrels,though the invention may be applied to the drawing of liquids generally.

Beer-casks have heretofore been usually tapped near their bottom, andconsequently the chips and sediments were apt to be drawn along, thusnecessitating their removal by filtering, besides clouding the beer. Bymy invention the beer is drawn from the top, so that the sediments arenot disturbed and the liquid is transferred in a clear state.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of acask provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fig.1.

The letter A represents a cask or similar receptacle for containing aliquid in bulk. One of the heads a of the cask is perforated at or nearthe center and provided with the metal bushing 0. Through this bushingthere projects into the cask a revoluble pipe I), having a bent innerend I), that extends in substantially a vertical direction and issomewhat shorter than the radius of the cask. The outwardly-extendingarm of pipe I) carries a spigot 01 and is adapted to be coupled to aflexible hose e by a union 6, the hose leading to the barrel or othervessel to be filled. A cup f, surrounding pipe 7), contains a suitablepacking material f and engages a tubular extension 0 of bushing 0, sothat a tight joint is formed, which will, however, not prevent the pipeI) from being freely revolved. To the pipeb there is also attached apointer g, placed in the same plane with arm I) and indicating theposition of such arm upon a suitable dial g.

To draw the liquid, the pipe I) is so manipulated that the mouth of thearm I) is always maintained at a short distance below the level of theliquid in the cask-that is to say, that while the arm 12 should at firstpoint substantially upward the pipe is gradually revolved with thelowering of the liquid, so that the relative position between thesurfacelevel and the mouth of the arm I) is always maintained. Thegradual turning of the pipe may be easily accomplished by the handle ofthe spigot d and is not impeded by the hose 6, owing to the flexiblecharacter of the latter.

It will be seen that by my invention the liquid can be picked up alwaysslightly below the surface, so that it is transferred in the clearestpossible condition and without disturbing the deposits settling on ornear the bottom.

What I claim is- The combination of a barrel or cask having an openingformed through the center of its head, and a curved tube which is passedthrough the opening and adapted to be turned inside of the barrel, agraduated disk on said head, combined with a suitable packing throughwhich' the tube passes, a suitable pointer on the pipe cooperating withthe disk, a spigot placed in the outer end of the pipe, a couplingplaced on the end of the pipe, and

a flexible tube applied to the coupling, substantially as shown.

JOHN WAGNER. Witnesses F. v. BRIESEN, WILLIE MILLER.

